Do not read this book if you are working in a large corporate! It will make you cynical, bitter and suspicious… It will also mean that you will connect a real life work situation to something in the book and end up laughing in a rather serious meeting (like I did). In fact, a couple of renowned Business Schools have singled out Adams’ books as important commentary on the workplace (or so the blurbs on the books say: with Adams, you are never quite sure what to take seriously and what not.)
Jokes apart, 'The way of the weasel' is a rip-roaring read from the creator of the iconic engineer Dilbert. If you have worked even a single day in your life, you will find at least fifty situations in the book that you can relate with. If you have worked a few years, the book will make you go “Oh God! This guy gets it!” I was laughing out loud, on average, once every five pages.
There is absolutely no coherence to the flow of the book but Adams is self-deprecating enough to let you ignore that. Once or twice, he jokes about his incoherence himself and you are kind enough to forgive him because the matter itself is so funny.
I am planning to read the rest of Adams’ Dilbert books soon. It will make me even more cynical but hell, anything for a good laugh.
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